Confusion is rife about potential vulnerabilities in BIND, the most commonly used domain name server on the internet, and experts are calling on the makers of the software to clarify the issue. Domain name servers are used to match domain names to...
For example, companies with low level DNS vulnerabilities jumped from 70 per cent in 2000 to 83 per cent last year, he added. Stephen Titterington, analyst at Ovum, believes that vendors should make more of an effort to persuade customers to check...
A number of solutions exist to such problems, some (such as DNS round robin) are built into the protocols themselves, others are supplied by enterprising companies who recognise a need to be met when they see one.
Microsoft has become the victim of pranksters who have replaced DNS information held on several sub-domains, which look like they are held by Microsoft - though they are not - with a string of potty-mouthed insults aimed at the software giant.
Microsoft's updates will include a patch for a vulnerability in the Windows domain name system, or DNS. Shortly after it released the fixes, several new Office zero-day bugs and the Windows DNS bug hit.
The security of domain name system (DNS) continues to be an issue for network administrators, despite the availability of more secure DNS servers such as BIND 9, according to a survey by network appliance company, Infoblox.
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